Wall v. State

Hall, Justice.

The defendant was indicted for larceny from the house, and was charged with stealing therefrom a bale of cotton, alleged in the indictment to be worth fifty dollars. On the trial, it was proved that the cotton was sold for thirty-*475two dollars, and, under the charge of the court, the defendant was found guilty of a misdemeanor instead of a felony; that is to say, the jury found the cotton stolen to be worth less than fifty dollars, which fact made the larceny a misdemeanor. The proof showed that the defendant was employed by the owners of the gin-house from which the cotton was…